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Réflexions théologiques

23/05/2011 Français, Meetings & Events by Caritas Communications

de François Gloutnay Prédicateur de la Maison pontificale, le capucin Raniero Cantalamessa, a rappelé combien il avait été ému lorsque, présent dans un pays du Sud, il avait croisé tous ces enfants en haillons et vu des gens courir après des bennes à ordures en espérant y trouver de quoi survivre. «Je suis devenu sans ...

There’s something about Caritas

23/05/2011 Meetings & Events by Caritas Communications

By Michelle Hough, communications officer The enormous richness that is Caritas suddenly hit me when we were at Mass at the end of the first day of our General Assembly. People from the four corners of the earth gathered together under the roof of Palazzo Carpegna chapel in Rome. One thing united them all: Caritas ...

Trainspotting at the Vatican for Caritas’ 60th anniversary

22/05/2011 Meetings & Events by Caritas Communications

By Michelle Hough, Caritas Communications Officer 21st May 2011 Of all the things you can do at the Vatican on a Saturday morning, catching a train isn’t usually one of them. In fact, apart from a few Popes, not many people have ever travelled on the Vatican railway – the shortest in the world. But ...

Début de la 19e assemblée générale

22/05/2011 Meetings & Events by Caritas Communications

de François Gloutnay C’est dans moins d’une heure que débutera officiellement, à Rome, la 19e assemblée générale de Caritas Internationalis. Déjà quelque 300 participants et participantes sont présents dans les corridors du centre de congrès Domus Mariae Palazzo Carpegna. Le président de Caritas Internationalis, le cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodriguez Maradiaga, prononcera l’allocution d’ouverture. Elle sera ...

Middle East Synod a symbol of peace

22/09/2010 Catholic Teaching, Conflicts and Disasters, Development, Meetings & Events, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

The first Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops will take place in Rome from 10 to 24 October. Caritas hopes the Synod can build bridges between faiths in a region wracked by conflict. Caritas will be represented at this event by representatives from the Middle East, sharing their practical experience ...

Synod for Middle East can bring communities together

22/09/2010 Catholic Teaching, Conflicts and Disasters, Meetings & Events, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Caritas says the upcoming Synod for the Middle East can help divided communities come together for the region’s poorest people. The Synod will take place in Rome from 10 to 24 October. It is the first synod dedicated specifically to the Middle East. Church leaders will discuss problems ranging from the Israeli-Palestinian stand-off and conflict ...

Female face of migration conference in Senegal

26/08/2010 Africa, Female face of migration, Meetings & Events, Migration, Senegal by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis is organising a conference on “The Female Face of Migration” in Saly, Senegal 30 November to 2 December 2010 in cooperation with Caritas Senegal. The aim of the conference is to better understand the phenomenon of the ‘feminization of migration’, which describes the increasing percentage of women migrating. Caritas Internationalis Director of Policy ...

Fight Paediatric HIV and TB

15/10/2009 Health, HIV & AIDS, Meetings & Events, Tuberculosis by Caritas Communications

Securing Better Access to Early Testing and Treatment for Children Living with HIV or HIV/TB Co-Infection and to Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV. 14 – 16 October 2009 | Programme (English) » | Programme (Italiano) » | Invitation » In poor countries, some children with HIV and TB don’t stand a chance at life. Children may die because they ...

Imagine a world for tomorrow’s generation: A view from Poznan and India

26/09/2009 Advocacy, Asia, Climate Change, Europe, Food, India, Meetings & Events, Poland by Caritas Communications

A view from Poznan Grow Climate Justice Campaign was launched on 7 December in Poznan. “People in countries such as Bangladesh are totally dependent on the weather,” Bishop Theotonius Gomes C.S.C, Bishop of Dhaka and President of Caritas Bangladesh said at the launch. “Our agriculture, and hence our whole culture, is based on water from ...